Publications

2013

Chen, M., and Q. zhuang (2013) Modeling temperature acclimation effects on carbon dynamics of forest ecosystems in the conterminous United States, Tellus B, 65, 19156 PDF

 

2012

Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, R. Prinn (2012) Modeling of CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in the Arctic, in Proceedings of the Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Regional Science Team Meeting devoted to the High Latitudes, 2-6 June, 2009, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki Press, Helsinki, Finland ~ 153pp. REPORT SERIES IN AEROSOL SCIENCE N:o 130 (2012), Groisman, P.Ya., A. Reissell, and M. Kaukolehto (eds.) PDF

Sui, X., G. Zhou, Q. Zhuang (2012) Sensitivity of carbon budget to historical climate variability and atmospheric CO2 concentration in temperate grassland ecosystems in China, Climatic Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0533-2 PDF

Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang, A. J. O'Donnell (2012) Modeling thermal dynamics of active layer soils and near-surface permafrost using a fully coupled water and heat transport model, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 117, No. D11, D11110. PDF

Lu, X., Q. Zhuang (2012) Modeling methane emissions from the Alaskan Yukon River basin, 1986-2005, by coupling a large-scale hydrological model and a process-based methane model, J. Geophys. Res., DOI:10.1029/2011JG001843. PDF

Chen, M., Q. Zhuang (2012) Spatially Explicit Parameterization of a Terrestrial Ecosystem Model and Its Application to the Quantification of Carbon Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in the Conterminous United States, Earth Interactions, DOI: 10.1175/2012EI400.1.PDF

Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang, S. Schaphoff, S. Sitch, A. Sokolov, D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo (2012) Uncertainty analysis of vegetation distribution in the northern high latitudes during the 21st century with a dynamic vegetation model, Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1002/ece3.85.PDF

Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang, D. Mandallaz (2012) Modeling Large Fire Frequency and Burned Area in Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystems with Poisson Models, Environ. Model Assess, DOI 10.1007/s10666-012-9307-5.PDF

 

2011

Zhuang, Q., Y. Lu, M. Chen (2011) An inventory of global N2O emissions from the soils of natural terrestrial ecosystems, Atmospheric Environment. 1352-2310.doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.036.PDF

Qin, Z., Q. Zhuang, X. Zhu, X. Cai, X. Zhang (2011) Carbon consequences and agricultural implications of growing biofuel crops on marginal agricultural lands in China. Environ. Sci. Technol. DOI: 10.1021/es2024934.PDF

Zhu, X., Q. Zhuang, M. Chen, A. Sirin, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, A. Sokolov, L. Song (2011),Rising methane emissions in response to climate change in Northern Eurasia during the 21st century, Environ. Res. Lett. 6 045211 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045211.PDF

Qin, Z., Q. Zhuang, M. Chen (2011) Impacts of land use change due to biofuel crops on carbon balance, bioenergy production, and agricultural yield, in the conterminous United States, Glob Change Biol. Bioenergy. 1757-1707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01129.x, DO - 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01129.x.PDF

Chen, M., Q. Zhuang, Q. Cook, D. R. Coulter,R. Pekour, M. Scott, R. L. Munger, K. Bible (2011) Quantification of terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in the conterminous United States combining a process-based biogeochemical model and MODIS and AmeriFlux data, Biogeosciences, 8, 2665-2688, doi:10.5194/bg-8-2665-2011.PDF

Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang (2011), Extreme value analysis of wildfires in Canadian boreal forest ecosystems,Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41:1836-1851, 10.1139/x11-102.PDF

Lu, X., Q. Zhuang (2011), Areal changes of land ecosystems in the Alaskan Yukon River Basin from 1984 to 2008, Environ. Res. Lett. 6 034012, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034012 PDF

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang (2011), Technical Note: Propagating correlations in atmospheric inversions using different Kalman update smoothers, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 921-929, doi:10.5194/acp-11-921-2011 PDF

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, B. E. Law, D. D. Baldocchi, J. Chen, A. D. Richardson, J. M. Melillo, K. J. Davis, D. Y. Hollinger, S. Wharton, R. Oren, A. Noormets, M. L. Fischer, S. B. Verma, D. R. Cook, G. Sun, S. McNulty, S. C. Wofsy, P. V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, D. R. Foster, L. Gu, J. L. Hadley, G. G. Katul, M. Litvak, S. Ma, T. A. Martin, R. Matamala, T. P. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. C. Oechel, U. K. T. Paw, H. P. Schmid, R. L. Scott, G. Starr, A. E. Suyker, M. S. Torn (2011) Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volume 151, Issue 1, 15 January 2011, Pages 60-69, ISSN 0168-1923, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.002. PDF

 

2010

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang (2010) Technical Note: Methods for interval constrained atmospheric inversion of methane, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. , 10,1998120004, 2010, www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/19981/2010/,doi:10.5194/acpd-10-19981-2010.PDF

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang (2010) Modeling soil thermal and hydrological dynamics and changes of growing season in Alaskan terrestrial ecosystems, Climatic Change, DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9988-1 PDF

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang, R. D. Shannon, J. R. White (2010) Quantifying wetland methane emissions with process-based models of different complexities, Biogeosciences, 7, 3817-3837, doi:10.5194/bg-7-3817-2010 PDF

Anthony, K. M. W., D. A. Vas, L. Brosius, F. S. Chapin III, S. A. Zimov, Q. Zhuang (2010) Estimating methane emissions from northern lakes using ice bubble surveys, Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods, 8, 592¨C609. PDF

Xiong, X., C. D. Barnet, Q. Zhuang, T. Machida, C. Sweeney, P. K. Patra (2010) Mid-upper tropospheric methane in the high Northern Hemisphere: Spaceborne observations by AIRS, aircraft measurements, and model simulations, J. Geophys. Res. 115, D19309, doi:10.1029/2009JD013796. PDF

McGuire, A. D., D. J. Hayes, D. W. Kicklighter, M. Manizza, Q. Zhuang, M. Chen, M. J. Follows, K. R. Gurney, J. W. McClelland, J. M. Melillo, B. J. Peterson, R. G. Prinn (2010) An analysis of the carbon balance of the Arctic Basin from 1997 to 2006, Tellus, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00497.x. PDF

Zhuang, Q., J. He, Y. Lu , L. Ji, J. Xiao, T. Luo (2010) Carbon dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau during the 20th century: an analysis with a process-based biogeochemical mode, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19, 5, 649-662,2010. DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00559.x PDF

Lu, X., Q. Zhuang (2010) Evaluating evapotranspiration and water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in the conterminous United States using MODIS and AmeriFlux data, Remote Sensing of Environment,Volume 114, Issue 9, 15 September 2010, Pages 1924-1939, ISSN 0034-4257, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.001 PDF

Lu, X., Q. Zhuang (2010) Evaluating climate impacts on carbon balance of the terrestrial ecosystems in the Midwest of the United States with a process-based ecosystem model, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change,15, 5, 467-487,10.1007/s11027-010-9228-z. PDF

Ping, X., G. Zhou, Q. Zhuang, Y. Wang, W. Zuo, G. Shi, X. Lin, Y. Wang (2010) Effects of sample size and position from monolith and core methods on the estimation of total root biomass in a temperate grassland ecosystem in Inner Mongolia. Geoderma 155(3-4): 262-268.PDF

Xu, K., C. Kong, G. Liu, C. Wu, H. Deng, Y. Zhang, Q. Zhuang (2010) Changes of urban wetlands in Wuhan, China, from 1987 to 2005, Progress in Physical Geography. 34: 207-220. PDF

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, B. E. Law, J. Chen, D. D. Baldocchi, D. R. Cook, R. Oren, A. D. Richardson, S. Wharton, S. Ma, T. A. Martin, S. B. Verma, A. E. Suyker, R. L. Scott, R. K. Monson, M. Litvak, D. Y. Hollinger, G. Sun, K. J. Davis, P. V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, M. L. Fischer, D. R. Foster, L. Gu, J. L. Hadley, G. G. Katul, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T. P. Meyers, J. W. Munger, A. Noormets, W. C. Oechel, K. T. Paw, H. P. Schmid, G. Starr, M. S. Torn, S. C. Wofsy (2010) A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data, Remote Sensing of Environment , Volume 114, Issue 3. 15 March 2010, Pages 576-591, ISSN 0034-4257, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.013.PDF

 

2009

Jiang, Y., Q. Zhuang, M. D. Flannigan, J. M. Little (2009) Characterization of wildfire regimes in Canadian boreal terrestrial ecosystems, International Journal of Wildland Fire , 18, 992¨C1002. doi:10.1071/WF08096, 2009.PDF

Lu, Y., Q. Zhuang, G. Zhou, A. Sirin, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter (2009) Possible decline of the carbon sink in the Mongolian Plateau during the 21st century, Environ. Res. Lett., 4 045023 (8pp) doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045023. 2009.PDF

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, E. Liang, A. D. McGuire, A. Moody, D. W. Kicklighter, X. Shao, J. M. Melillo (2009) Twentieth-century droughts and their impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling in China, Earth Interactions, 13, 1-31, 2009.PDF

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang (2009) A global sensitivity analysis and Bayesian inference framework for improving the parameter estimation and prediction of a process-based Terrestrial Ecosystem Model J. Geophys. Res., 114, D15303, doi:10.1029/2009JD011724., 2009.PDF

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melack, S. Zimov, K. M. Walter, C. L. Butenhoff, M. A. K. Khalil (2009) Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes, Eos, 90(5), 37-38, 2009.PDF

 

2008

Tang, J., Q. Zhuang (2008) Equifinality in parameterization of process-based biogeochemistry models: A significant uncertainty source to the estimation of regional carbon dynamics J. Geophys. Res., 113, G04010, doi:10.1029/2008JG000757, 2008.PDF

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang, D. D. Baldocchi, B. E. Law, A. D. Richardson, J. Chen, R. Oren, G. Starr, A. Noormets, S. Ma, S. B. Verma, S. Wharton, S. C. Wofsy, P. V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, D. R. Cook, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, M. L. Fischer, D. R. Foster, L. Gu, J. L. Hadley, D. Y. Hollinger, G. G. Katul, M. Litvak, T. A. Martin, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T. P. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. C. Oechel, K. T. Paw, H. P. Schmid, R. L. Scott, G. Sun, A. E. Suyker, M. S. Torn (2008) Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 1827-1847. (Send email at Q. Zhuang to request a copy of the paper).

Zhuang, Q., T. Zhang, J. Xiao, T. Luo (2008) Quantification of net primary production of Chinese forest ecosystems with spatial statistical approaches Mitig. Adapt Strateg. Glob. Change, doi:10.1007/s11027-008-9152-7, 2008.PDF

Zhuang, Q., W. S. Reeburgh (2008) Introduction to special section on synthesis of recent terrestrial methane emission studies J. Geophys. Res., 113, G00A02, doi:10.1029/2008JG00749, 2008.PDF

Melillo, J. M., S. Hassol, D. Archer, T. Callaghan, F. S. Chapin III, T. Christensen, A. D. McGuire, K. Walter, Q. Zhuang (2008) Methane from the Arctic: Global warming wildcard. Chapter in United Nations Environmental Programme Yearbook, 2008.PDF

 

2007

Lu, X., R. Liu, J. Liu, S. Liang (2007) Removal of noise by wavelet method to generate high quality temporal data of terrestrial MODIS products. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 73(10),1129-1139, 2007. PDF

Xiao, J., Q. Zhuang (2007) Drought effects on large fire activity in Canadian and Alaskan forests. Environ. Res. Lett., 2044003 (6pp), doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/044003, 2007.PDF

Balshi, M. S., A. D. McGuire, Q. Zhuang, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, E. Kasischke, C. Wirth, M. Flannigan, J. Harden, J. S. Clein, T. J. Burnside, J. McAllister, W. A. Kurz, M. Apps, A. Shvidenko (2007) The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G02029, 2007.PDF

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, S. Hu (2007) Net emissions of CH4 and CO2 in Alaska: implications for the region's greenhouse gas budget ,Ecological Applications, 17(1), 203C212, 2007. PDF

Sitch, S., A. D. McGuire, J. Kimball, N. Gedney, J. Gamon, R. Engstrom, A. Wolf, Q. Zhuang, J. Clein, K. C.McDonald (2007) Assessing the carbon balance of circumpolar arctic tundra using remote sensing and process modeling, Ecological Applications, 17(1), 213-234, 2007. PDF

Tang, J., Y. Wang (2007) Analytical investigation on 3D non-Boussinesq mountain wave drag for wind profiles with vertical variations. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition). 28(3),327-335, 2007. PDF

 

2006

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, M. C. Sarofim, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, S. Hu (2006) CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17403, doi:10.1029/2006GL026972, 2006. PDF

Euskirchen, E. S., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. G. Dye, J. S. Kimball, K. C. McDonald, J. M. Melillo, V. E. Romanovsky, N. V. Smith (2006) Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 12, 731-750, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01113.x. PDF

 

2005

Felzer, B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, Q. Zhuang (2005) Past and future effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration using a global biogeochemical model, Climatic Change 73:345-373, doi:10.1007/S10584-005-6776-4. PDF

Xiao, J., A. Moody (2005) A comparison of methods for estimating fractional green vegetation cover within a desert-to-upland transition zone in central New Mexico, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 98 (2-3), 237-250. PDF

Xiao, J., A. Moody (2005) Geographic distribution of global greening trends and their climatic correlates: 1982-1998. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (11), 2371-2390. PDF

 

2004

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, D. A. McGuire, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, S. Hu (2004) Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model, Global Biogeochemical Cycles,18 , GB3010, doi:10.1029/2004GB002239. PDF

Felzer, B., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang,, R. Prinn (2004) Ozone effects on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a Biogeochemistry Model. Tellus 56B , 230-248, 2004. PDF

McGuire, A. D., M. Apps, F. S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville, M. D. Flannigan, E. S. Kasischke, D. Kicklighter, J. Kimball, W. Kurz, D. J. McRae, K. McDonald, J. Melillo, R. Myneni, B. J. Stocks, D. L. Verbyla, Q. Zhuang. (2004) Land cover disturbances and feedbacks to the climate system in Canada and Alaska. In: Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface (eds. Gutman G., Janetos A.C., Justice C.O, Moran E.F., Mustard J.F., Rindfuss R.R., Skole D., Turner II B.L., Cochrane, M.A.), pp. 139-161. Kluwer Adademic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2004. PDF

Xiao, J., A. Moody (2004) Trends in vegetation activity and their climatic correlates: China 1982 to 1998. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (24), 5669-5689. PDF

Xiao, J., A. Moody (2004) Photosynthetic activity of US biomes: responses to the spatial variability and seasonality of precipitation and temperature. Global Change Biology, 10 (4), 437-451. PDF

 

2003

Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, R. B. Myneni, J. Dong, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, J. E. Hobbie (2003) Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th Century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics, Tellus, 55B, 751-776, 2003. PDF

Xiao, J., J. Li, A. Moody (2003) A detail-preserving and flexible adaptive filter for speckle suppression in SAR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24 (12), 2451-2465.PDF

 

2002

Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, K. P. O'Neill, J. W. Harden, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Yarie (2002) Modeling the soil thermal and carbon dynamics of a fire chronosequence in Interior Alaska, J. Geophy. Res., 107, 8147, doi:10.1029/2001JD001244. PDF

 

2001

Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, A. D. McGuire (2001) Incorporation of a permafrost model into a large-scale ecosystem model: Evaluation of temporal and spatial scaling issues in simulating soil thermal dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 106, D24, 33,649-33,670, 2001. PDF